Weekly Round-Up: Save your Money Edition

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Personal Finance Carnivals

• Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted at Weakonomics. The Carnival included my post on How to File  in Small Claims Court.
• Festival of Frugality was hosted at Always the Planner.
• Carnival of Debt Reduction was hosted at Man Vs Debt. The Carnival included my post on April’s Progress Update.
• Carnival of Percuniary Delights was hosted at Greener Pastures. 
• Money Hacks Carnival was hosted at I Pick Up Pennies. 

Top Personal Finance Posts This Week

• How To Eliminate Credit Card Debt On Your Own: This is a great guide for those tired of living in debt. 
• Negotiating with Customer Service Reps: I found this to be a necessary skill to have, no matter what the economy is doing. Lowering your expenses is a smart move.
• How to Haggle: More Tips on Haggling: Some more wonderful tips on getting  a better deal. 
• Drastically Reduce Your Expenses Starting Today: Some practical tips on area where you can lower your bills. 
• Is Grad School Right For You? My Friends and I as Examples : This is on the minds of many graduating students who may not have jobs lined up for them. 
• Active versus Passive Tightwaddery
  
• 6 Stupid Ways To Waste Money After College: If you’re a new graduate, SAVE your money! Live like a college student and slowly give yourself some wiggle room after you have an emerency fund in place. 
  
• Identity Theft: Protect Yourself From Being the Next Victim : Good tips to follow. It’s affecting more and more people. 
• Evaluating the Cost of a Gym Membership: My brother in law and his fiancee are gym members and they use it, but for us, it would be a waste. Evaluate it based on your own circumstances. 
• Are Employers Having More Trouble in the Recession, Too? : I enjoyed the tips on networking for your career. 

• Weekly Round-Up: Tying the Knot They did it! My brother in law and my friend are now husband and wife. It was a beautiful ceremony and even with a hiccup, it turned out great. The reception was fantastic with the music, food, and friends. Let me be the one who calls you baby All the......
• Weekly Round Up: We Decided on a Place After some time searching at locations, checking out neighborhoods, calculating expenses with spreadsheets, and more we have finally decided on a place to buy! We signed the purchase agreement this weekend and we are taking the first few steps toward becoming home owners. We went with a town house that......

• 4 Tips to Improve Your Finances The more steps that you take to improve the finances, the better off you will be in the long run. With consumer debt levels reaching an all time high and personal rates of saving reaching an all time low, personal finance is beginning to more closely resemble rocket science. Here......
• More Fun at Personal Finance and Money Carnivals Mr. ToughMoneyLove was fortunate to have been selected to participate in several personal finance and money carnivals this week.   Let's take a brief tour of what's out there. First, Broke Grad Student selected my post on gold as an inflation fighter for the 167th Carnival of Personal Finance .  There......